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My daughter bought me a knife making experience at the Oldfield Forge for my 70th birthday as a present. I was welcomed by their friendly staff and met my expert blacksmith who asked what I would like to make. I decided on a Bowie knife. He was very expert and patient and I achieved making a beautiful and stylish knife, which I actually made myself. I cannot thank them enough for this very satisfying experience I would highly recommend it to anyone. The forge was clean with good safety with lovely facilities. Thank you. Tim savage
I had an amazing knife making experience last Sunday. Jai was our teacher and is fantastic and all of the staff are friendly and helpful. Also the cafe is great. I’m going to book another course I enjoyed it so much!
My son and I had a fantastic weekend at Oldfield. The facilities are superb as were all the staff.They were all extremely friendly and helpful, it was a great experience from knife making to ring making and all sorts in between.I can not recommend this experience highly enough.
Genuinely fantastic couple of days knife and handle making. Surprisingly impressive place dealing with a number of different groups, but it made for a real friendly buzz around the whole site.
It was a really satisfying time burying yourself into make one thing, and learning a completely new set of skills, helped by some excellent instructors. Never felt rushed or pressured, and could use as much or as little help along the way as you wanted. And at the end of it, a surprisingly impressive knife to take home and use.
The café on site makes lovely food, too so you definitely won't go hungry!
It was a really satisfying time burying yourself into make one thing, and learning a completely new set of skills, helped by some excellent instructors. Never felt rushed or pressured, and could use as much or as little help along the way as you wanted. And at the end of it, a surprisingly impressive knife to take home and use.
The café on site makes lovely food, too so you definitely won't go hungry!
A fantastic experience and genuinely a great bunch running the place. With so many people in one place, all doing slightly different things, it would be easy for individuals to be neglected, but each member of staff is so attentive, and you leave with a very cool, very personal item that you've made with your own hands.
Special shout out to Benji, Gabe, and Alex who took care of our group.
Special shout out to Benji, Gabe, and Alex who took care of our group.
An expectedly great experience that is a must to try, all the joy of forging in a fun, safe, up to date, and well maintained environment, with great options to do when here. The cafe is off the hook to be honest, with amazingly generous portion sizes, and I would honestly say the best loaded fries I have ever had in my life, Beef brisket over cheesy chips with horseradish Sauce and thick gravy tasted as good as a top notch roast dinner, I would say it is worth the trip here just to try that alone (I will leave the description of the cakes as an amazing surprise!)
If you haven't been, TRY IT!!!
If you haven't been, TRY IT!!!
Great experience
What a fabulous experience, great set up and appreciated the support of experts throughout our time. Would highly recommend to anyone
Amazing experience!! I have to be honest, being a clumsy and not very strong person, I worried if the knife-making experience would be a good fit for me, but I can safely say it was absolutely great!
There were moments were I needed help and both Feb and Chef were there to help and guide me. They're both friendly, funny and always obliging.
I definitely recommend the Viking knife-making for beginners like me, because it only lasts 3 hours, but be advised that it is no walk in the park. You need to be serious, listen to the safety guidelines and definitely know your limits! If you're afraid of fire or afraid to hold and use a hammer, this is not for you!
All in all great experience!!
There were moments were I needed help and both Feb and Chef were there to help and guide me. They're both friendly, funny and always obliging.
I definitely recommend the Viking knife-making for beginners like me, because it only lasts 3 hours, but be advised that it is no walk in the park. You need to be serious, listen to the safety guidelines and definitely know your limits! If you're afraid of fire or afraid to hold and use a hammer, this is not for you!
All in all great experience!!
Honestly one of the best experiences I've ever had the pleasure of doing. I really didn't know what to expect but it was fantastic and hugely exceeded my expectations. Taking a bland piece of steel and working it into a beautiful knife was unreal, it really gives you a sense of achievement!
All the staff are extremely helpful and guide you through the whole process. Our instructor was Duncan who was clear, friendly and gave great directions throughout. Thanks again for a terrific day, we will be back to forge again! 🔨🗡️
All the staff are extremely helpful and guide you through the whole process. Our instructor was Duncan who was clear, friendly and gave great directions throughout. Thanks again for a terrific day, we will be back to forge again! 🔨🗡️
Absolutely brilliant time on the 2 day knife forge experience. Be warned their portions are very generous and very delicious !
Best breakfast around!
What a wonderful place to go, friendly and helpful staff very knowledgeable and amazing to watch.
Had such a great day
Had such a great day
We had a great time making butterfly and plant climber supports, staff were great!
Really fun time, all the staff are super friendly and welcoming, really beginner friendly would definitely recommend! Great couples day out, food was also a 10/10 portion sizes are very generous and the cakes are banging 🤤 ! Great day will definitely plan another visit.
Went for a friend's stag do all working together to create a sword for him was brilliant and had a lot of fun each making a bottle opener.
Beni, Gabe and Alex were superb teaching us how to do it.
Even with the amount of people in there constantly working in what could be a dangerous environment never felt at risk at all, as someone with generally high anxiety this was still a great environment
Beni, Gabe and Alex were superb teaching us how to do it.
Even with the amount of people in there constantly working in what could be a dangerous environment never felt at risk at all, as someone with generally high anxiety this was still a great environment
I cannot say enough good things about this place. I got off first my course with this company yesterday and I’m still in awe of everything. I have visited other forges before for experience days and will say to anyone looking for somewhere to try out blacksmithing, to go to oldfield forge, they are a cut above. The quality of instruction and support and experience I had there was well beyond my prior experiences and because of that I was able to make something far better than I expected and make it exactly how I wanted it. I especially want to thank (in no particular order) Cam, Andy, Jai, Matt, Nicky and Sam (I apologise if I have got anyone’s names spelt wrong or forgotten anyone) for the parts they played in making this experience for me. I will definitely be coming back to make another, and recommending you to anyone who will listen. I will make sure to send a photo on of my knife once I have coffee blacked it. I attached a photo of what I walked away with yesterday.
Had a 3 hour exsperiance. The place is amazing. Staff knowledge is exceptional. 3 of.us made a bottle.opener knife and candle stick. Would highly recommend anyone to do.this. and it's amazing to see and do this dying art. Amazing day overall will be back
We had an absolutely fantastic time at Oldfield Forge, where our Stag group of 15 got to collectively forge a sword for our groom-to-be, as well as each making our very own bottle opener. Because what's the point of having a sword if you can't open a beer afterwards?
A massive thank you to Benji, Gabe and Alex, who were absolutely brilliant from start to finish. They expertly guided our merry band of completely unqualified blacksmiths through the experience, making sure we all got stuck in, had a laugh and somehow emerged with all our fingers intact!
The highlight was undoubtedly taking turns helping the Stag forge his sword while providing the sort of relentless verbal abuse that only your closest mates can deliver. Nothing quite says friendship like 14 blokes insulting you while you hammer a glowing piece of metal into submission.
The whole experience was incredibly hands-on, brilliantly organised and genuinely something a bit different for a stag do. We came away with some fantastic memories, personalised bottle openers and a sword that our Stag will hopefully treasure forever (or at least until his future wife finds somewhere safe to hide it).
Would absolutely recommend Oldfield Forge to anyone looking for a unique group experience, stag activity or just an excuse to swing a hammer and pretend they're a medieval blacksmith.
Thanks again, Benji, Gabe and Alex. You were absolute legends!
A massive thank you to Benji, Gabe and Alex, who were absolutely brilliant from start to finish. They expertly guided our merry band of completely unqualified blacksmiths through the experience, making sure we all got stuck in, had a laugh and somehow emerged with all our fingers intact!
The highlight was undoubtedly taking turns helping the Stag forge his sword while providing the sort of relentless verbal abuse that only your closest mates can deliver. Nothing quite says friendship like 14 blokes insulting you while you hammer a glowing piece of metal into submission.
The whole experience was incredibly hands-on, brilliantly organised and genuinely something a bit different for a stag do. We came away with some fantastic memories, personalised bottle openers and a sword that our Stag will hopefully treasure forever (or at least until his future wife finds somewhere safe to hide it).
Would absolutely recommend Oldfield Forge to anyone looking for a unique group experience, stag activity or just an excuse to swing a hammer and pretend they're a medieval blacksmith.
Thanks again, Benji, Gabe and Alex. You were absolute legends!
